Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-15
= v1nerNIA BrRsIrNaHAM.
The Glsnm0re Iron Mines Row Being De-
, veioped Near white sulphur Springs.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
Yv,,a 1897 4 ~

June 4, 1857,
Among the many mines recently deyei-
oued. perhaps the most remarkable are
the Glenmore mines, near the summit OF
the AIleehanies, close to the White Sui
uhur Springs. The Ore-vein lies on both
sides of a ridge, running from near that
point to Anthony's creek, a distance OF
some eight or ten miles, through the prop
critics of Messrs. Grant and Montague.
The formation is remarkable one, as
instead of being limOrnite, like the otner
silurian ores found in this region, the ore
at this point is remarkably fine and we'll
defined sesquioxide or red hematite, ana
living 81 per cent. Of metallic iron, and
showing a very small proportion Of phos-
nborous--in fact, q Bessemer ore. The
nresepee of ore in this ridge has been
known locally for some time, but there
was no knowledge that it was of such su-
perior quality, il having been supposed to
be similar to the other deposits of limon-
tie found 20 profnsely in other parts OF
Virginia and in Alabama.
Quite recent exploration also leads TO
the belief that this vein extends across
Anthony's creek and continues for some
fifteen or twenty miles further in north
casterly direction.
Il is probable that this new field will be
rapidly developed, as some prominent cap
taiists have become satisfied not only OF its
quality but of its quantity. We under
stand that the Messrs Carnegie, OF Pitts
burg, have endeavored TO purchase 1t out
right, but the owners wish to retain an IN
terest in it themselves.
There are all the elements in this neigh
borhoOd for large manufacturing centre.
This section is so situated that railroad
can be located sixty miles up the Green
brier river, with the Goals on one side, and
the ores and limestone on the other; In
other words, this river follows the escarp-
ment of the carboniferous strata where
they lap on the devonian and silurian.
Such line would he in direct line to
Pittsburgh, connecting with Senator Davis
line, now at the northern slope Of Cheat
mountain. At the point where the ore
has been fully exposed, near the White
Sulphur Springs, it is within six miles of
the NewpOrt-News and Mississippi Valley
railway by an easy grade. .
We see in this all the elements of Vir-
ginia Birmingham. Fhe great advantages
claimed by Birmingham and vicinity is
the fact that ores, coal, and limestone are
found within comparatively small areas,
and upon this basis city of more than
80, 900 inhabitants, with its millions Of in
vestments, has sprung up within the last
few years. Such progress follows only in
the natural order of affairs and was plainly
foreseen, since railway charges form such
a large proportion of our cost of manufac-
ture. But here we have no less than 100
square miles with identically the same
ores and conditions surrounding Birming-
ham, to which it is inferior in nothing,
but superior in that certainly one large
deposit of Bessemer ore has been found,
and that the Goals (which are the celebrated
New River coking measures) are vastly
superior to those of Alabama, and can be
worked more cheaply, since the area is
greater and the seams practically horizon
tai. One short line of railway would put
this whole territory in direct communica-
ton with Pittsburgh and with the Ohio
river-tO which there is all down grade
and with the Atlantic seaboard.